Court Grants Facebook Preliminary OK to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Claims August 20, 2020 Facebook Inc. won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it...
Trump Seeks Dismissal of Legal Challenge to Executive Order by Social Media Firms August 14, 2020 By Nandita Bose The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president’s executive order targeting...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Expand Indian Partnerships to Offer Pensions, Insurance July 24, 2020 By Sankalp Phartiyal Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for...
Senators Propose ‘Scalpel, Rather Than Jackhammer’ to Reform Internet Liability June 25, 2020 By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to reform part of a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such...
Justice Department Outlines Proposed Overhaul of Social Media Immunity June 19, 2020 By Ben Brody and Chris Strohm The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
Tech Group Sues Trump Over Order Weakening Social Media Immunity June 3, 2020 By Alison Frankel and Nandita Bose An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would...
Trump Plans Legislation Targeting Social Media Immunity May 29, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies,...
Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants May 28, 2020 By Ben Brody, Mario Parker and Eric Newcomer Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency...
Facebook Revamps Its Libra Cryptocurrency in Response to Regulatory Backlash April 17, 2020 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Tom Wilson Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp...
Washington Attorney General Sues Facebook Over Campaign Ads April 16, 2020 Washington state is suing Facebook – again – for selling political ads without disclosing all necessary information about who’s behind...